First meeting, February 7, 2005

Hector premonition, February 5, 2005

invitation to Rosalind and Matthew's wedding, February 5, 2005

Olivia at home in Philly, March 12, 2005

pre-M&R wedding, April 4, 2005

Reasons to marry, April 4, 2005

the proposal, April 8, 2005

Too soon, February 5, 2005

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moon

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vb96034b

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Braille, Coping, historical info in blindness, June 6, 2004

Notes--adapting to blindness, September 10, 2005

Notes--WWI blindness, June 6, 2004

0195069269, April 19, 2005

Budgets-Philadelphia, May 3, 2005

Notes--11-19 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, May 29, 2005

Notes--ANOTHER PART OF THE 20s, April 10, 2005

Notes--MORLEY'S PHILADELPHIA, April 10, 2005

wage-earning mothers-philly, May 17, 2005

Al Jolson - By The Light Of The Silvery Moon, May 5, 2005

Frank Crumit - Oh By Jingo Oh By Gee, May 5, 2005

Irving Berlin - 1920 - Original - Puttin' On The Ritz, May 5, 2005

Suntones - Let Me Call You Sweetheart, May 6, 2005

DMGL dedication (PDF file), date modified August 13, 2019

DMGL revisions 6-8-08 (PDF file), June 8, 2008

Ducal Service original outline (PDF file) , date modified August 13, 2019

Proposal-Ducal Service (PDF file), date modified August 13, 2019

SPI_08_3D (JPG file), date modified July 31, 2019

Yahoo Mail - February Philadelphia Fantastic (PDF file), January 26, 2009

Yahoo Mail - Re_ in the flesh readings (PDF file), November 6, 2008

Yahoo Mail - Reading at Big Blue Marble (PDF file), October 16, 2008

Yahoo Mail - Susana Mayer - Erotic Salon reading (PDF file), February 18, 2009

9780373605507_proof (PDF file), July 31, 2019

blue-dress NYC RWA burlesque chapter party (JPG file), April 4, 2013

DPQ publicity (PDF file), August 13, 2019

DPQ Russian long cut (JPG file), May 13, 2013

DPQ Russian (JPG file), May 13, 2013

Duke & Pirate Queen revised (PDF file), date modified August 13, 2019

spice42 victoria janssen the duke & the pirate queen (PDF file), date modified July 31, 2019

Yahoo Mail - FW_ DPQ publicity (PDF file), August 18, 2010

Yahoo Mail - Notes on THE DUKE (PDF file), March 22, 2010

Yahoo Mail - RE_ Duke & Pirate Queen proposal (PDF file), March 12, 2009

Yahoo Mail - RE_ note on Duke & Pirate Queen revisions (PDF file), March 22, 2010

Yahoo Mail - RE_ Revisions - The Duke & The Pirate Queen (PDF file), April 22, 2010

Yahoo Mail - thoughts on The Duke and the Pirate Queen (PDF file), March 8, 2010

Badges and Cards

Philcon '92 [Philadelphia, PA, 1992]

Philcon '95 [Philadelphia, PA, 1995]

Lunacon '96 [Rye Brook, NY, 1996]

Philcon '96 [Philadelphia, PA, 1996]

Bucconeer (WorldCon 56) [Baltimore, MD, 1998]

Philcon '98 [Philadelphia, PA, 1998]

Eclecticon '99 [Newark, NJ, 1999]

Philcon 1999 [Philadelphia, PA, 1999]

Lunacon 2000 [Rye Brook, NY, 2000]

Philcon 2000 [Philadelphia, PA, 2000]

Eclecticon 2001 [Newark, NJ, 2001]

Millennium Philcon (WorldCon 59) [Philadelphia, PA, 2001]

Lunacon 2002 [Rye Brook, NY, 2002]

Philcon 2002 [Philadelphia, PA, 2002]

Readercon 14 [Burlington, MA, 2002]

Lunacon 2002 [Rye Brook, NY, 2002]

Lunacon 2003 [Rye Brook, NY, 2003]

2003 Nebula Award Ceremony

Philcon 2003 [Philadelphia PA, 2003]

Readercon 15 [Burlington, MA, 2003]

Torcon 3 (WorldCon 61) [Toronto, ON, Canada, 2003]

WisCon 2003 [Madison, WI, 2003]

Lunacon 2004 [Rye Brook, NY, 2004]

Noreascon 4 [Boston, MA, 2004]

Philcon 2004 [Philadelphia, PA, 2004]

WisCon 2004 [Madison, WI, 2004]

Arias '05 [Boston, MA, 2005]

Boskone 42 [Boston, MA, 2005]

Capclave 2005 [Silver Spring, MD, 2005]

Gaylaxicon 2005 [Cambridge MA, 2005]

Lunacon 2005 [East Rutherford, NJ, 2005]

Philcon 2005 [Philadelphia, PA, 2005]

Readercon 16 [Burlington, MA, 2005]

Capclave 2006 [Silver Spring, MD, 2006]

Lunacon 2006 [Hasbrouck Heights, NY, 2006]

Philcon 2006 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2006]

Readercon 17 [Burlington, MA, 2006]

WisCon 2006 [Madison, WI, 2006]

Arisia '07 [Cambridge, MA, 2007]

Boskone 44 [Boston, MA 2007]

Philcon 2007 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007]

Readercon 18 [Burlington, MA, 2007]

WisCon 2007 [Madison, WI, 2007]

World Fantasy Convention 2007 [Saratoga Springs, NY, 2007]

Gaylaxicon 20 [Bethesda, MD, 2008]

Lunacon 50 [Rye Brook, NY, 2007]

Lunacon 2008 [Rye Brook, NY, 2008]

Philcon 2008 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2008]

Readercon 19 [Burlington, MA, 2008]

WisCon 2008 [Madison, WI, 2008]

Anticipation (WorldCon 67) [Montreal, QC, Canada, 2009]

Arisia 2009 [Cambridge, MA, 2009]

Capclave 2009 [Rockville, MD, 2009]

Philcon 2009 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2009]

Arisia 2010 [Cambridge, MA, 2010]

Capclave 2016 [Gaithersburg, MD, 2016]

Arisia 2018 [Boston, MA, 2018]

Capclave 2018 [Rockville, MD, 2018]

Philcon 2018 [Cherry Hill, NJ, 2018]

WisCon 2018 [Madison, WI, 2018]

Arisia 2019 [Boston, MA, 2019]

Readercon 30 [Quincy, MA, 2019]

SFWA New York Reception [undated]

Series I: Manuscripts

1-1/1: "Water Music" (2000), typescript, 1999; and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/2: "Water Music" (2000), typescript, 2000; and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/3: "Water Music" (2000), typescript 'copy editor' copy, 2000

1-1/4: "Water Music" (2000), typescript with handwritten edits [Cleis Press copy], September 2000

1-1/5: "Water Music" (2000), typescript, undated

1-1/6: "Water Music" (2000), and "Cookies" [unpublished], rejected typescripts, undated; and related correspondence, 2003

1-1/7: "Perilous" [later reworked and titled "Camera", 2001], typescript with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/8: "Green Pajamas" (2002), typescript, undated

1-1/9: "Green Pajamas" (2002), rejected typescript and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/10: "Green Pajamas" (2002), typescript, undated

1-1/11: "Camera" (2001), typescripts and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/12: "Among the Lilies" [later titled "Twisted Beauty", 2002], typescript and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/13: "Among the Lilies" [later titled "Twisted Beauty", 2002], revised typescript and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/14: "Among the Lilies" [later titled "Twisted Beauty", 2002], typescript with handwritten edits, typescript, and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/15: "Free Falling" (2002), typescripts and related correspondence, 2001 - 2002

1-1/16: "Rite of Passage" (2002), typescripts and editorial correspondence, 2002

1-1/17: "Twisted Beauty" (2002), typescript, 2002

1-1/18: "Wire" (2003), typescript, undated

1-1/19: "Ducal Service" (2004), typescript, undated; and related correspondence, 2006, 2008

1-1/20: "Lip Service" [later titled "Worship", 2004], typescript and related correspondence, 2004

1-1/21: "The Princess and the Rock" (2005), typescripts and related correspondence, 2001

1-1/22: "The Princess and the Rock" (2005), typescripts with handwritten edits, 2001?

1-1/23: "The Princess and the Rock" (2005), typescript, undated

1-1/24: "Mo'o and the Woman" (2006), typescript, undated

1-1/25: "Poppet" (2006), typescript drafts with handwritten edits, October 2005; typescript drafts with handwritten edits, undated; reviewer comments, September 2005; and notes, September 2005

1-1/26: "The Token" (2006), typescript, undated; and editorial correspondence, 2006

1-1/27: "The Magnificent Threesome" (2007), typescript, undated

1-1/28: "The Magnificent Threesome" (2007), typescript, undated; and related correspondence, 2006

1-1/29: "17 Short Films About Hades and Persephone" (2007), typescript and related correspondence, 2002

1-1/30: "17 Short Films About Hades and Persephone" (2007), typescript with handwritten edits, November 2002

1-1/31: "17 Short Films About Hades and Persephone" [originally titled "21 Short Films...", 2007], partial typescripts with editorial comments by reviewers, 2007?

1-1/32: "Blindspot" (2008), typescript, undated

1-1/33: "Detox" (2007/2008), typescript with track changes, 2005?

1-1/34: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 1 - 154, October 2007

1-1/35: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 155 - 290, October 2007

1-1/36: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), partial typescripts with editorial comments by reviewers, 2007 - 2008?

1-1/37: The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), typescript chapter 4, 2008?

1-1/38: "Poppies Are Not The Only Flower" (2008), typescripts, 2004 - 2005; and cover flats of anthology Lipstick On Her Collar (2008)

1-1/39: "Toy" (2008), typescript and correspondence, 2005

1-1/40: "The Airplane Story" (2012), typescript, undated

1-1/41: "The Airplane Story" (2012), typescript and correspondence, 2006

1-1/42: "Cookies" [unpublished], typescript, 2001

1-1/43: "Cucumber Song" [poem, unpublished], typescript, undated

1-1/44: "The Forest People" [unpublished], typescripts with handwritten edits and reviewer notes, 2006

1-1/45: "The Forest People" [unpublished], typescript, 2006?

1-1/46: "Four Walls" [unpublished], text of story on email with editorial comments, 2001

1-1/47: A Greener Shadow [unpublished], typescript with handwritten reviewer comments; and handwritten notes, 1998

1-1/48: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript, 2001; and related correspondence, 2001 - 2002

1-1/49: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript and related correspondence, 2002

1-1/50: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript with handwritten edit and related correspondence, 2002

1-1/51: "Imperial Service" [unpublished], typescript, typescripts with handwritten edits, and related correspondence, 2001 [contest entries]

1-1/52: 1919 [unpublished], partial typescripts with editorial comments by reviewers, 2005

1-1/53: 1920[unpublished], handwritten notes, 2004 - 2005

1-1/54: 1920 [unpublished], 'Zero Draft' typescript, pages 1 - 114, 2005

1-1/55: 1920 [unpublished], 'Zero Draft' typescript, pages 115 - 231, 2005

1-1/56: 1920 [unpublished], partial typescript, August 2005

1-1/57: 1920 [unpublished], typescript pages, 2005?

1-1/58: 1920 [unpublished], typescripts of first chapters with editorial comments, 2005

1-1/59: "Ode to my Trench Coat" [unpublished], rejected typescripts, 2005

1-1/60: "The River Land" [unpublished], typescript draft, July 2006

1-1/61: "The River Land" [unpublished], partial typescript draft, undated

1-1/62: "Trapped" [unpublished], typescript, 2006

1-1/63: Trench Monsters [unpublished] typescript draft chapter 1, August 2006; and photocopies reference materials

1-1/64: "A Visitor to the Planet of the Retros" [unpublished], handwritten notes, 1994

1-1/65: Notebook containing Blake's 7 fanfiction, 1991 - 1996, undated

1-1/66: Notebook containing notes and story drafts, 2001 - 2011

1-1/67: Notebook containing notes for fantasy novel, 1998

Series V: Convention Materials

5-2/1: Philcon 2019 [Philadelphia, PA: November 8-10, 2019]

5-2/2: Arisia 2020 [Boston, MA: January 17-20, 2020]

5-2/3: CoNZealand (Worldcon 78) [Wellington, NZ: July 29-August 2, 2020]

5-2/4: Various con badges, 2009 - 2020

Series VI: Fanzines

Blake's 7

6-2/5: Angelfood [BSO Press: The Angelfood Committee, ed., 2002] [s]

6-2/6: Avon On-Line [P.N. Elrod, ed., April 1988]

6-2/7: B7 Complex #1 [Moonrise Press: Deborah M. Walsh, ed., July 1981] (Revised reprint July 1984)

6-2/8: B7 Complex #2 [Moonrise Press: Deborah M. Walsh, ed., March 1982] (Revised reprint July 1984)

6-2/9: B7 Complex #3 [Deborah M. Walsh, ed., July 1982] (Revised reprint July 1984]

6-2/10: B7 Complex #4 [Moonrise Press: Deborah M. Walsh, ed., 1982]

6-2/11: B7 Complex #5 [Deborah M. Walsh, ed., 1983]

6-2/12: B7 Complex #6/7 [Deborah M. Walsh, ed., May 1984]

6-2/13: B7 Complex #11 [Pursuit Press: Deborah M. Walsh, ed., May 1987]

6-2/14: B7 Complex #15 [Deborah M. Walsh, ed., July 1988]

6-2/15: B7 Complex #16 [Deborah M. Walsh, ed., July 1988]

6-2/16: Blake, Rabble and Roll #3 [Whatever You Do, Don't Press!: Mysti Frank, ed., August 1992]

6-2/17: Blake's Doubles #2: The Log of the Hellhound #4 [Katrina Larkin and Susanne Tilley, auth., 1989]

6-2/18: Blake's Doubles #3 [Ann Wortham, ed., 1990]

6-2/19: Blake's 7 A-Z: An Index to B7 Fiction, vol. 1 [Emma Abraham and Susan M. Pyle, ed., August 1984]

6-2/20: Blake's 7 fan stories card index, undated [Folder 1]

6-2/21: Blake's 7 fan stories card index, undated [Folder 2]

6-2/22: Brother of Shadows...and Son of the Light [Osiris Publications: Susan Matthews, auth., January 1989]

6-2/23: Chronicles #19 [Ron and Susan Clarke, ed., April 1985]

6-2/24: Chronicles #25 [Susan Clarke and Joanne Keating, ed., July 1986]

6-2/25: Chronicles #26 [Susan Clarke and Joanne Keating, ed., October 1986]

6-2/26: A Companion for My Death [T. Shannon, auth., 1989] (2nd edition 1994) (h)

6-2/27: Deadlier Than The Male [Maverick Press: P. Jacquerie, ed., 1997] (g) (h) (s)

6-2/28: Delta Blues [FanGraphics: Michael Macomber and Caryn Dunkel, ed., 1993]

6-2/29: D.S.V. #1 [Celeste Hotaling-Lyons, ed., 1994]

6-2/30: D.S.V. #2 [Celeste Hotaling-Lyons, ed., 1995]

6-2/31: D.S.V. #3 [Celeste Hotaling-Lyons, ed., 1998]

6-2/32: Flake's 7 #3 [Pony Press: 1982] (2nd Printing March 1986)

6-2/33: The Freedom City Gazette [Space Rat Press: Joe Nazzaro, ed., January 1987]

6-2/34: The Freedom City Gazette #2 [Space Rat Press: Joe Nazzaro, ed., April 1987]

6-2/35: The Freedom City Gazette #3 [Space Rat Press: Joe Nazzaro, ed., July 1987]

6-2/36: The Freedom City Gazette #5 [Space Rat Press: Joe Nazzaro, ed., 1989]

6-2/37: The Freedom City Gazette #7 [Space Rat Press: Joe Nazzaro, ed., March 1989]

6-2/38: The Freedom City Gazette Fall Special 1987 [Space Rat Press: Joe Nazzaro, ed., 1988]

6-2/39: From the Log of the Hellhound #1 [Ashton Press: Katrina Snyder and Susanne McGhin, auth., February 1988]

6-2/40: From the Log of the Hellhound #2 [Katrina Snyder and Susanne McGhin, auth., 1988] (Special Reprint)

6-2/41: From the Log of the Hellhound #8 [Katrina Larkin and Susanne Tilley, auth., 1993]

6-2/42: Gambit #1 [Peacock Press: Jean Graham, ed., October 1987]

6-2/43: Gambit #2 [Peacock Press: Jean Graham, ed., April 1988]

6-2/44: Gambit #6 [Peacock Press: Jean Graham, ed., August 1990]

6-2/45: Gambit #7 [Peacock Press: Jean Graham, ed., June 1991]

6-2/46: Gambit #8 [Peacock Press: Jean Graham, ed., February 1992]

Series VI: Fanzines

Blake's 7

6-4/1: Southern Comfort #9.5 [Ashton Press: A. Wortham, ed., May 1996] (s) (h)

6-4/2: Southern Comfort #10.5 [Ashton Press: A. Wortham, ed., May 1999] (s) (h)

6-4/3: Southern Comfort #11.5 [Ashton Press: A. Wortham, ed., May 1999] (s) (h)

6-4/4: Southern Lights Special #3.75 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., September 1987] (s) (h)

6-4/5: Southern Lights Special #4.5 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., March 1988] (s) (h)

6-4/6: Southern Seven #3 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., August 1988]

6-4/7: Southern Seven #4 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., December 1988]

6-4/8: Southern Seven #5 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., July 1989]

6-4/9: Southern Seven #6 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., October 1991]

6-4/10: Southern Seven #7 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., April 1992]

6-4/11: Southern Seven #8 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., May 1994]

6-4/12: Southern Seven #9 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., May 1994]

6-4/13: Southern Seven #10 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., May 1995]

6-4/14: Southern Seven #11 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., May 1998]

6-4/15: Southern Seven #12 [Ashton Press: Ann Wortham, ed., May 1998]

6-4/16: Space Oddity [Green Cheese Press: Emily McEwan, ed., October 1987]

6-4/17: "Stars" [Pamela V. London, auth., undated] (typescript)

6-4/18: Straight Blake's #1 [P. Nussman and L. Sharpe, ed., 1988] (1995 Reprint) (h)

6-4/19: Straight Blake's #3 [Maverick Press: P. Jacquerie, ed., 1996] (h)

6-4/20: Ten Credit Touch: The Lighter Side of B7 Kink [B. Barker and M. Robert, ed., 1993] (2nd Printing January 1994( (s) (h)

6-4/21: Those Who Favor Fire [E. Kobrin and B. Phillips, ed., 1989] (s)

6-4/22: Threads Through Infinity [Covert Press: Sherri Fillingham, ed., 1991]

6-4/23: The Totally Imaginary Cheeseboard [Fanfun Publications: Jean Airey and Laurie Haldeman, auth., 1988]

6-4/24: Trust, Like the Soul [Empire Books: J. Lorrah, auth., March 1988] (h)

6-4/25: "Variations: The Unsolvable Dilemma" [Deirdre Hughes, auth., undated] (typescript)

6-4/26: "Voices" [Victoria McManus, auth., undated] (typescript)

6-4/27: Whomsoever Holds This Sword [Triad Press: Teri White and Jennie McGrath, ed., 1992]

6-4/28: Working Holiday [Maverick Press: L. Reiss, auth., 2002] (h)

6-4/29: Xenon Signals #20 - 24 [Liberator Atlanta: William A. Ritch, ed., October 1986 - February 1987]

6-4/30: Xenon Signals #27 - 39 [Liberator Atlanta: October 1986 - February 1987]

6-4/31: Xenon Signals #41 - 45/46 (August 1988 - January/February 1989), #50 (October 1989) [Liberator Atlanta: Renee L. Groce, ed.]

6-4/32: Xenon Signals #56 - 62 [Liberator Atlanta: Robert T. Wynne, ed., April 1991 - April 1992]

6-4/33: Zen and the Art of Rebellion #2 [FanGraphics: Michael Macomber and Caryn Dunkel, ed., 1992]

6-4/34: Various Blake's 7 fanfiction by McManus, A - D (and correspondence), 1988 - 1997, undated

6-4/35: Various Blake's 7 fanfiction by McManus, E - L, 1987 - 1995

This collection contains manuscripts and other materials relating to the literary career of science fiction, fantasy, paranormal romance, and erotica writer Victoria McManus, who writes under the names "Victoria Janssen" and "Elspeth Potter". Materials in this collection include manuscripts and drafts of McManus' published and unpublished work, correspondence, contracts and financial documentation, and convention materials.

Also included are large numbers of fanzines, particularly for the British show *Blake's 7", for which McManus wrote a number of stories.
Some of the fanzines is identified as "slash” (s) or "het" (h). "Slash" refers to fanworks that feature same-sex relationships and are sometimes (though not always) sexually explicit. In slash, sexual identity, sexuality and/or romance are often the centers of the story, rather than the conventional adventures featured in more traditional fanworks. "Het" refers to fanworks featuring sexual or romantic content, but with opposite-sex relationships. "Gen" (more standard stories containing no sexual content) and het items are identified as such on the item folder. If an item is not identified as slash or het, it is to be assumed that the item is slash..